Trump says Iran 'would love' to make a deal with the US but isn't prepared to make the right one

US President Donald Trump stated that Iran would like to reach a deal with the US but is not prepared to make the right one. Speaking to the press on Friday, Trump also claimed total US control over the Strait of Hormuz region and said his economic warfare announcements did not limit military options. He cited 350% inflation in Iran, a claim Iranian state-aligned media rejected as baseless.

US President Donald Trump stated that Iran would like to reach a deal with the United States but is not prepared to make the right one. Speaking to the press on Friday, Trump also claimed that the US had total control over the entire region having to do with the Strait of Hormuz, and explained that his announcements of US economic warfare against Iran did not mean that the US's military options were limited. This comes a week after Trump vowed to hit Iran hard economically, and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington would impose measures on Tehran that have never been seen. Trump said of Iran: They're not paying their soldiers, they're not paying their police. They have 350 percent inflation. Iranian state-aligned media quickly rejected Trump's 350 percent inflation statistic as a baseless claim with no correlation to economic reality.